Every turn Spine of Ish Sah is a major pain in the butt, I was playing against a guy doing that this week, killed my General 3 turns in a row, and totally shut me down. When I steal this idea, I will definitely play it LOL! ... and with Thornbite Staff that basically kills everything on the board. Also you are playing Hell's Caretaker, he is retarded with Thornbite Staff on him.
also, i love jushi apprentice as a surprise wincon with reliquary tower. Draw most of your deck, then start decking people ftw.
I was thinking about that waiting for 9 cards thing... and I saw this in another decklist: Kederekt Leviathan <--- this guy would make it pretty easy to have 9 cards in hand.
I too am just building this deck, well sorta, but its my first deck so mine is in much worse shape. I was using Psychosis Crawler also, but it doesn't work as cool as I thought it would, so after I order something new, its OUT!!!
A combo I plan on trying will be Hell's Caretaker + Intruder Alarm + Angel of Despair + one other creature in the graveyard (or Angel of Despair can be in the graveyard and one other creature out to sacrifice) = you kill every permanent on the board, except yours, and you take the biggest creature to attack with along side Angel of Despair with Merieke Ri Berit if you have her out.
I am starting to understand it now, thank you for your explanation. I also looked up the Mangara of Corondor combo, so I understand it better too, and I will be getting one of those. I had seen it in many decks but never understood the power.
I Guess I will be ordering a bunch of cards after payday. Thanks again for the idea to use Merieke Ri Berit. I had the card, but looked at it and said "lightning bolt will one shot it, too weak" not really thinking of its powerful application.
I read through your deck notes, but I guess I am lacking the understanding of the spell stack to see how you can take multiple creatures or using the Thornbite Staff for killing multiple creatures. Is there a resource that can help me understand the spell resolution stack better? I can already detect with my play group, they will argue, "it doesn't work like that".
I guess I am trying to go for a steal and re-animate deck with these colors, not sure if it would be better with BGW instead and just drop the steal part. The Merieke Ri Berit and Pemmin's Aura trick work probably work better than Sen Triplets with this theme. Thanks for the idea.
Well I just came back to magic after not playing for years, found EDH, and I like it again, but my old school knowledge, is holding me back, in fact in the group I play, nobody ever attacks me, because my decks do nothing but have cool lands.
Its a work in progress, all of that is planned after payday when I can order some cards, check back in a week. I am editing this list as I actually put the cards in.
I was thinking about that waiting for 9 cards thing... and I saw this in another decklist: Kederekt Leviathan <--- this guy would make it pretty easy to have 9 cards in hand.
The problem is getting the cards out without tutors, and Gamble is usually a long-shot.
EDIT: I just noticed it was in your list, though I didn't see it the first time, I must be going blind.
+Pemmin's Aura
I too am just building this deck, well sorta, but its my first deck so mine is in much worse shape. I was using Psychosis Crawler also, but it doesn't work as cool as I thought it would, so after I order something new, its OUT!!!
Also Hell's Caretaker and Avatar of Woe are nasty with Intruder Alarm if you are into soft-locks.
A combo I plan on trying will be Hell's Caretaker + Intruder Alarm + Angel of Despair + one other creature in the graveyard (or Angel of Despair can be in the graveyard and one other creature out to sacrifice) = you kill every permanent on the board, except yours, and you take the biggest creature to attack with along side Angel of Despair with Merieke Ri Berit if you have her out.
I just thought of a name for my deck when I get it finished.....
Robocop because "dead or alive, you are coming with me!"
I Guess I will be ordering a bunch of cards after payday. Thanks again for the idea to use Merieke Ri Berit. I had the card, but looked at it and said "lightning bolt will one shot it, too weak" not really thinking of its powerful application.
1 Sen Triplets
[CARDS]Spells - Aura
1 Pemmin's Aura
[CARDS]Summons
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Doomed Necromancer
1 Hell's Caretaker
1 Clone
1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Magister Sphinx
1 Man-o'-War
1 Psychosis Crawler
1 Myojin of Night's Reach
1 Trinket Mage
1 Nezumi Graverobber
1 Spirit of the Night
1 Shauku, Endbringer
1 Desolation Angel
[CARDS]Spells - removal
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Exile
1 Dust to Dust
1 Soul Nova
1 Retribution of the Meek
1 Pestilence
1 Disenchant
1 Capsize
1 Wrath of God
1 Decree of Pain
1 Condemn
1 Polymorph
1 Counterspell
1 Dissipate
1 Desertion
1 Force of Will
[CARDS] Spells - draw
1 Rhystic Study
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Brainstorm
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Intuition
1 Divination
[CARDS] Spells - tutor
1 Land Tax
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Lim-Dul's Vault
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Fabricate
1 Diabolic Tutor
[CARDS] Spells - steal/recursion
1 Dance of the Dead
1 Dance of Many
1 Control Magic
1 Animate Dead
1 Resurrection
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Necromancy
[CARDS]Artifacts
1 Gilded Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Meekstone
1 Nova Pentacle
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Strip Mine
1 Flood Plain
1 City of Brass
1 Flooded Strand
1 Adarkar Wastes
1 Bad River
1 Underground River
1 Underground Sea
1 Thawing Glaciers
1 Tundra
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scrubland
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Maze of Ith
9 Island
8 Swamp
8 Plains
Hope I put the deck in right, I have been using Sen Triplets as my general but it doesn't matter to me.
Any comments are welcome.